Soap receptacle or shaker.



w. M. KELSO.

SOAPRECEPTACLE 0R SHAKER. APPLICATION FILED on. s. 1912.

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WILBER IVI. KELSO, F OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

SOAP RECEPTACLE, 0R, SHAKER.

. Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Sept. *2, 15115.

Application filedectober 5, 1912. Serial No. 724,159.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LWVILBER M. KnLso, a citizenof the United Statesof America, and a residentof Oak Park, county ofCook, and

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSoap Receptacles or Shakers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in soap receptacles or shakers fordissolving soap into suds or into solution with water. The prominentobjects ofmy invention are to provide for the effective dissolving ofsoft soap, granular soap or powdered soap while in the soap receptacleor shaker; to provide a receptacle respectively adapted to dissolve asoft soap, allowing the suds or soap solution to pass freely out throughthe openings in the receptacle without any raw or undissolved soapextending beyond the outer edge of the receptacle; to arrange for thefree passage of water in through the opening of the receptacle and overthe soap; to provide a soap receptacle adapted to hold a soft soap, thatwhen the receptacle is immersed in a pail or vessel of water, the watercan freely come in contact with the soap, but when the undissolved soapoozes out through the open spaces, the outer surface of the receptacleis sufficient distance from the inner surface of receptacle, that thesoap becomes dissolved before it protrudes past the outside surface ofthe receptacle; to allow the easy and rapid dissolving of soft soapwithout having any raw or undissolved soap protrude beyond the outersurface of the receptacle; to provide practical, strong, inexpensive,and easily constructed devices for such purposes, and to accomplish theaforesaid results in an efficient manner.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other desirable ends my inventionconsists in matters hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings Figure No. 1. is a top plan of a soapreceptacle or shaker embodying my invention. Fig. No. 2. is a centralvertical section. Fig. No. 3 is an enlarged detail showing modified formof wire mesh.

In Fig. No. 1. of the drawings, I have shown an outer woven wire oflarge mesh and heavy wire and an inner woven wire of fine mesh and lightfine wire 5. Both the heavy land light 5 woven wire, are bent and shapedinto a box like receptacle, round,

square or (preferably) rectangular as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and arefastened around a stiff wire frame 6, or any suitable metal frame, andmade in two parts, the receptacle or bottom 7 and the lid or top 8,hinged together by wire 9 (or any suitable hinge) and fastened whenclosed by a wire catch 10 (or any suitable catch).

'In Fig. 2, I have shown the device, in vertical section showing theouter relatively heavy guard-wire 11, and the inner relatively light andfine-mesh woven wire 13 in section, the inner fine-mesh wire being alsoindicated in elevation at 12. The end of both the outer and inner wireis wound or fastened around the wire frame 6 and at tached to it, or toany suitable frame, and therefore the inner wire is of sufficientfineness of mesh to hold the soft soap while being dissolved in waterand the outer wire is of the proper mesh and thickness of wire to allowthe water free access to the soap that may ooze or bulge out through theillner wire mesh, and dissolve the soap, before it extends beyond theouter wire and becomes rubbed ofi', undissolved, into the pail or vesselof water or onto a mop, cloth or sponge.

In Fig. 3 I show a modified form of wire mesh in whichv the principle ofmy invention may be obtained by having a heavy wire 14 interwoven with afine wire 15. i

The combination of wire, to accomplish the object and attainment of myinvention may be attached to any suitable frame or made in any suitableshape for a soap receptacle or shaker, and, that part of the frame 6,the hinge 9, the catch 10, the handle 16, and the reinforcing wire 17(part of the hinge wire 9) forming no part of my present invention.

It will be observed that my invention affords simple, inexpensive andpractical means for making soap suds or soap solu tion from soft soap,granular soap and powdered soap, without the usual waste of raw soapgetting into the suds, water or solution, and also provides for a noveland eili- I cient device for a soft soap shaker.

As many of the devices thereof can be changed without departing from theessence of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the specificdevice and constructions shown herein, although I consider such deviceand construction particularly well its adapted for accomplishing thedesired results, and therefore consider them matters of special andfurther improvement.

I am aware that prior to my invention Wire soap receptacles or shakershave been made With single and one size Wire mesh for holding hard soappieces. I do not claim such broadly.

What I claim as my invention is LA soap receptacle adapted for use as ashaker, having its body composed or an inner finemesh relatively fineWoven Wire fabric, and an outer relatively coarse-mesh Woven Wire fabricadapted to serve as a guard and against the inner surface of which theinner fabric bears.

2. A soap receptacle comprising tWo sec tions adapted to be opened, eachsection formed of a relatively fine-mesh inner Woven Wire fabric, and arelatively coarse-mesh Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, byaddressing outer protecting Woven Wire fabric againstWhose inner surface the inner fabric rests, a handle attached to onesection, and a device serving to secure the sections in closed position.

- 8. A soap shaker comprising a receptacle composed of tWo sectionspivotally united at one edge, each section composed of an innerfine-mesh fabric and an outer coarsemesh Wire fabric against Which theinner fabric rests, a handle secured to one section opposite the line ofhinging, and a latchdevice adjacent the handle serving to secure thesections together.

Signed by me at Oak Park, Illinois, this 3rd day of October, 1912. v

WILBER M. KELSO.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM M. LAW'roN, ADELAIDE SGHMITT.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

